Ethics and Images in the Uyghur Region

A two-day workshop on “Image and Ethics,” convened in collaboration with photographer Lisa Ross and UBC scholar Aynur Kadir. The workshop brought together 20 participants, including members of the Uyghur diaspora, scholars, artists, and human rights advocates. Participants discussed the ethical and political complications of sharing images from the Uyghur region while Uyghurs still living in China continue to face a range of threats, as well as the competing imperative to make Uyghur visual materials available for advocacy and archival purposes.